Beginning Orchestra
Grades 3-4 - students for whom this is their first experience in a school orchestra
Requirements:
--completion of Minuet 1 or equivalent
--completion of "I Can Read Music" or similiar sight reading book
--enrolled in private lessons

Intermediate Orchestra
Grades 4-6 - students who have a year or more experience in orchestra
Requirements:
--completion Two Grenadiers or equivalent piece
--sight read at a level close to the piece they are currently studying
--enrolled in private lessons

Con Brio
Grades 6-8 - All 7th & 8th graders are in Con Brio. Students in 6th grade who are in Suzuki Book 4 (or equivalent) and higher may audition to join Con Brio.
Requirements:
--completion of Suzuki Book 4 or equivalent
--sight read at the same level at which they play
--enrolled in private lessons

Mrs. Carpenter begin her violin studies at the age of 5, at Rogers Adventist School, in the then new Strings Program, under the tutelage of Kathleen Spring. While in college Mrs. Carpenter taught in the string program at Walla Walla University. She graduated in 2000 with a dual major in Music and Theology from Walla Walla University. Mrs. Carpenter had active private studios in Austin, Texas and Seattle, Washington prior to moving to Walla Walla in the fall of 2014. Mrs. Carpenter served on the Board of Directors for the Suzuki Association of the Americas from 2014-2017 and is the Director of the Japan Seattle Suzuki Institute. She also has an MA in Old Testament from the Adventist Theological Seminary and an MA in Hebrew Language and Literature from the University of Texas at Austin.